First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 25-0901.01 Jerry Barry x4341
HOUSE BILL 25-1298
House Committees Senate Committees
Judiciary Judiciary
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING JUDICIAL PE RFORMANCE COMMISSIONS .101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill establishes the twenty-third judicial district commission
on judicial performance on December 1, 2025, and specifies the initial
terms for members of the commission. The bill repeals outdated
provisions concerning the terms of members of judicial commissions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 10, 2025
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 9, 2025
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 20, 2025
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 19, 2025
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Carter and Richardson, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Espenoza, Hamrick, Johnson, Keltie,
Mabrey, Paschal, Phillips, Woodrow
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Exum and Michaelson Jenet, Carson, Frizell, Jodeh, Snyder, Weissman
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 13-5.5-104, amend1
(3)(a) introductory portion and (4)(a) introductory portion; repeal (3)(b),2
(3)(c), (4)(b), and (4)(c); and add (4.5) as follows:3
13-5.5-104. State commission on judicial performance -4
district commissions on judicial performance - established -5
membership - terms - immunity - conflicts - repeal. (3) (a) The state6
commission consists of eleven members appointed on or before March 1,7
2019, as follows:8
(b) The terms of state commissioners appointed prior to January9
31, 2019, shall continue until such time as his or her term was originally10
set to expire; except that the term of the two nonattorneys appointed by11
the chief justice of the supreme court pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(IV) of12
this section expires on January 31, 2019.13
(c) This subsection (3) becomes effective February 1, 2019.14
(4) (a) Each district commission consists of ten members15
appointed on or before March 1, 2019, as follows:16
(b) The terms of district commissioners appointed prior to January17
31, 2019, shall continue until such time as his or her term was originally18
set to expire; except that the following commissioners' terms expire on19
January 31, 2019:20
(I) The two nonattorneys appointed by the chief justice of the21
supreme court pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(IV) of this section; and22
(II) The attorney appointed by the governor pursuant to subsection23
(2)(a)(III) of this section.24
(c) This subsection (4) becomes effective February 1, 2019.25
(4.5) (a) T
HE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION ON26
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE, REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSECTION (4.5) AS THE27
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D
ECEMBER 1, 2025. MEMBERS OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT2
COMMISSION ARE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a) OF THIS3
SECTION; EXCEPT THAT A PERSON SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE4
EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE5
DURING 2025 WHO RESIDES WITHIN THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT6
MAY BE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE TWENTY -THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT7
COMMISSION, AND IF SUCH A PERSON IS APPOINTED, THE PERSON'S TERM ON8
THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION CONTINUES FOR THE9
REMAINDER OF THE TERM TO WHICH THE PERSON WAS ORIGINALLY10
APPOINTED FOR THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION ON11
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE.12
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (5)(a) OF THIS SECTION, THE13
INITIAL TERMS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE TWENTY -THIRD14
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 30, 2027:15
(I) T
HE NONATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE16
OF REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(I) OF THIS17
SECTION;18
(II) T
HE NONATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF19
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(III) OF20
THIS SECTION;21
(III) T
HE NONATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE22
SENATE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(II) OF THIS SECTION;23
(IV) O
NE OF THE ATTORNEYS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF24
THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(V) OF THIS25
SECTION AS DESIGNATED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE; AND26
(V) O
NE OF THE NONATTORNEYS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR27
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THE GOVERNOR.2
(c) T
HE INITIAL TERMS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE3
TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COMMISSION EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 30,4
2029:5
(I) T
HE ATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF6
REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION;7
(II) T
HE ATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE8
PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(II) OF THIS SECTION;9
(III) T
HE NONATTORNEY APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF10
THE SENATE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(IV) OF THIS SECTION;11
(IV) O
NE OF THE ATTORNEYS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF12
THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(V) OF THIS13
SECTION AS DESIGNATED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE; AND14
(V) O
NE OF THE NONATTORNEYS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR15
PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4)(a)(VI) OF THIS SECTION AS DESIGNATED BY16
THE GOVERNOR.17
(d) D
URING 2025, MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL18
DISTRICT COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE SERVING ON THE19
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (4.5) SHALL CONDUCT THE INTERIM20
EVALUATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 13-5.5-109 FOR JUDGES OF BOTH THE21
EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TWENTY -THIRD JUDICIAL22
DISTRICT.23
(e) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4.5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.24
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,25
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate26
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for27
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institutions.2
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